Title

Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Swanee Minstrels, [193-]. '60 Entertainers and Dixieland Band - Songs - Dances - Music - Comedy...A Million Laughs! - Mirthful Musical Minstrel Melange - United Commercial Travelers of America - N. Quincy High School'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. Some of the productions were minstrel shows, offensive musical plays featuring white performers wearing blackface and dressed in clownish outfits, denigrating African American people and perpetuating racist stereotypes.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A04_116

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140,1Mb (4,2Mb) / 19,1in x 28,5in / 5726 x 8553 (300dpi)

Keywords

library event music arts politics country play playhouse entertainment musician theatre color design blackface drama show political makeup text location century cosmetics make-up thirties concept poster offensive controversy performing arts lettering Library of Congress controversial racism United States of America Colour playbill graphic design 1930s 20th century minstrels racist American America USA cultural event minstrel New Deal blacked up poster united states Unknown blacking up stage show Congressional Library Heritage Art implied racism racial stereotype Federal Theatre Project Works Progress Administration Administration Works Progress WPA